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Military Lecture: Spirits, Psychics, & Divination: How the Great War Haunted the British Empire

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the aftermath of the Great War, people from across the British Isles and Dominion nations read prophecies about the coming new millennium, experimented with seances, and claimed to see the ghosts of their loved ones in dreams and in photographs. On the battlefields, soldiers had premonitions and attributed their survival to angelic, psychic, or…

Fourth Friday: Songs and Stories: An Evening With Brad Woods and Friends

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

On the Fourth Fridays of each month, admission is free to the Civic Museum from 5 pm to 9 pm, with free concerts beginning at 7 pm. Due to high demand for seating, please arrive at the Museum and take your seat by 6:50 pm. Please contact us in advance if you can no longer…

Spotlight Series: Marjan Kaviani

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The Spotlight Series centres the work of contemporary artists in dialogue with past and present-day lived experiences in the place we call Guelph. Recognizing that the month of November invites…

Spotlight Series: Taras Lachowsky

The Spotlight Series centres the work of contemporary artists in dialogue with past and present-day lived experiences in the place we call Guelph. Recognizing that the month of November invites…

Tales From the Hill: Guelph Guild of Storytellers

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Tales from the Hill is presented by the Guelph Guild of Storytellers and features a guest teller in addition to Guild tellers. The evening includes hot cider, light refreshments, and conversation. Guests are invited to register a telling or participate during the open mic storytelling. Tales from the Hill runs on the second Wednesday or…

Dots to Mindfulness Workshop with Roxana Bahrami

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

NOTE: This event is officially SOLD OUT!  Roxana Bahrami will teach a half-day art class on pointillism (dot painting). Participants will paint a set of four coasters using small dots of colour to create patterns and motifs. Roxana will highlight straightforward design principles and basic colour theory while encouraging participants to find the connection between…

Military Lecture: John Norton – Teyoninhokarawen and the Indigenous Great Lakes 1780s-1820s

Guelph Civic Museum 52 Norfolk Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

John Norton was born to a Cherokee man and a Scottish woman in 1770, and adopted by the Mohawks in the 1790s. He rose to important military and diplomatic leadership positions among the Haudenosaunee (or Iroquois) of the Grand River north of Lake Erie, wrote the most extensive Native-authored text of his generation, and strove…